People with mental illness will live a short life.
Emotional and family changes, overloaded study or work pressure, fierce competition, dependence on the internet, psychological pressure of increasing poverty, psychological tendency of quick success and instant benefit, excessive doting of the only child, lack of spiritual care for the elderly, unbearable investment after damage, and difficulty in adapting to social development. , will cause psychological problems, further development will become a mental illness. In recent years, the incidence of mental illness has gradually increased. Mental illness is also a disease that seriously affects health. An 8-year study in Britain proved that the life expectancy of mentally ill people is shorter than that of mentally healthy people.
This study tracked and analyzed the health data of more than 68,000 people over the age of 35 who participated in the English Health Survey from 1994 to 2004 for eight years, which is the largest and most detailed study on this issue at present. Statistics show that people with mental illness live shorter lives than those with mental health. At the same time, the study found that even mild mental illness symptoms will increase the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and cancer, thus increasing the risk of death. This achievement highlights the importance of early intervention and timely treatment for patients with mental illness.
Exercise relieves bad mood.
Nowadays, life is fast-paced and stressful, and it is inevitable that everyone will be depressed and upset. What should I do at this time? Experts tell us that when you are depressed, put down your work and go out for exercise for a while, and your mood will relax.
In fact, many people have had the experience of feeling very comfortable after exercise. This is because when the amount of exercise exceeds a certain amount, a substance called endorphin will be produced in the body. This kind of substance can make people feel happy, let you sweep away the depressed mood and feel happy. Therefore, endorphins are also called "pleasure hormones" or "youth hormones", which means that this hormone can help people stay young and happy. This effect can also affect people's personality and strengthen people's tolerance to mental stress and harmful stimuli from all sides.
Secondly, exercise is actually a way of venting. When you are exercising, bad emotions can be vented through exercise. Exercise can distract your attention, divert your attention when you are depressed, and avoid focusing too much on your current troubles and derived discomfort.
Sports with this relieving effect include long-term walking, running, swimming, skiing, long-distance boating, cycling, weight lifting, mountain climbing or ball games (such as basketball and football).
Exercise eliminates mental fatigue.
German doctors found that exercise can eliminate mental fatigue. After more than four hours of intense study and operation, the mental fatigue of medical college students can be imagined. At this time, some of them relax by listening to music; The other group did simple exercises: turning left and right (30 seconds), bending straight legs (30 seconds), squatting and standing up (30 seconds), swinging left and right arms (30 seconds), pacing (60 seconds) and rolling forward (backward) (60 seconds). After exercise, their average heart rate can be increased to 136 ~ 156 beats/min. The second interview found that even after such simple exercise for 4-5 minutes, their mental fatigue was obviously relieved and their mental agility was obviously improved. Moreover, the effect of exercise is obviously better than sitting there listening to music!
Therefore, once mental fatigue occurs after a long period of mental work, please do some appropriate physical exercises to relieve mental fatigue, improve your body's consciousness or thinking ability, and make your thinking active and focused. If there is no space and conditions, you just need to do some office exercises, turn around, kick your legs, wave your arms, squat down and stand up, climb the stairs, and let your heart beat faster and breathe smoothly. After 5- 10 minutes, you will regain your keen mental state.
Exercise can enhance attention and memory.
A study in the United States found that letting children participate in sports activities helps them concentrate on their studies. American scientists studied the EEG of 9-year-old children to understand their brain activities. The test results show that students will pay more attention and get more accurate answers when answering questions just after taking part in sports activities, and the more difficult the questions, the more accurate the answers. The EEG also shows that children who have just participated in sports activities can concentrate better and are not easily affected by noise and other factors. In fact, children can achieve this effect by participating in physical education class, recess activities and after-school sports.
A study by the University of Washington School of Medicine found that the elderly can improve their memory by exercising for four hours a week. Scientists studied a group of 70-year-olds with mild memory problems. Some of these elderly people receive 1 hour of high-intensity exercise every day, four days a week for six months under the guidance of a fitness coach. Others just do simple stretching exercises. The results show that the memory of the elderly (especially the elderly women) who receive high-intensity exercise is obviously improved. If the elderly who have participated in brisk walking, aerobic fitness, yoga, strength training or swimming since middle age, the probability of memory problems has dropped by 39%. People who still exercise in old age have a lower risk of memory loss 1/3.
Exercise relieves the pain of insomnia.
"Can't sleep" is no longer a patent for the elderly. It is reported that about 10%-23% of teenagers in the world have different degrees of sleep disorders such as falling asleep, falling asleep again and waking up early. It is reported that 16.6% of young students in China have insomnia symptoms. The increasingly tense life and competitive environment induce various physical and mental diseases, such as insomnia and neurasthenia. Insomnia, what should I do? Take sleeping pills? In fact, exercise can also relieve insomnia.
The researchers let some insomnia college students take valium tablets; Others do physical exercise. Exercise for 30-60 minutes each time, 3-5 times a week. Mainly engaged in wuqinxi and so on. Besides, do some auxiliary sports like walking, jogging, ball games, unarmed gymnastics, Tai Ji Chuan and so on according to personal preference. Exercise heart rate is controlled at 149- 166 times per minute. The results show that the effective rate of physical exercise in the treatment of insomnia is 94%, which is the same as taking diazepam tablets (5 mg/time, 3 times a day). Two-thirds of the people who participated in physical exercise recovered or slept close to normal.
Many studies at home and abroad show that exercise can help the elderly fall asleep and maintain their sleep. Walking in the morning 1 hour has an amazing effect on relieving insomnia symptoms. It should be noted that the treatment of insomnia needs to choose the right time to exercise. Under normal circumstances, moderate exercise in the morning is easier to relieve insomnia, while exercise at night is more difficult to fall asleep, and the more exercise at night, the less likely it is to fall asleep.
Exercise helps to treat depression.
Our familiar host Cui Yongyuan has recovered from depression. People want to know how he was cured. Cui Yongyuan said: After walking the Long March with teammates again, depression has improved a lot. It turned out that after suffering from depression, Cui Yongyuan left the column "Tell the truth", in addition to actively seeing a doctor and taking medicine, he also organized more than 20 players to take the Long March again. In eight months, I have traveled through nine provinces, with a journey of more than 6 100 km. "I walked 5 kilometers today, and I will try to walk 10 kilometers tomorrow! Now I sleep soundly every night, so I don't need to take sleeping pills! You can fall asleep when you lie down and eat a lot. I'm so happy! Whoever can't sleep will come out for a walk! " Cui Yongyuan said. If we know that Cui Yongyuan has suffered from insomnia for a long time because of depression, then we can understand why he is so happy. Cui Yongyuan, who returned to Beijing, is still full of enthusiasm for hiking. One day, he walked to CCTV from home and walked around the China Millennium Monument twice. "It is about 15 km." Studies abroad show that patients with mild depression do not take medicine and walk every day. After 10 months, their situation is much less than that of patients taking antidepressants.
If you have a family member or friend suffering from depression, please act quickly and walk with him every day, so that you can enjoy nature, exercise and cure the disease. Why not?